During the first Punic War, the Romans were MOST interested in acquiring Sicily because it
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- A.offered an array of natural resources
- B.could serve as a strategic military base
- C.would allow Rome to avenge civilian losses
- D.would increase Rome's ability to trade with the East
- E.could serve as a key location in a Carthaginian invasion of Italy
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